On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:12:24PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Thomas Quinot wrote:
> > And here is the problem:
> > The MBR used by Debian by default allows any user to boot from
> > floppy. No other PC MBR does that.
>
> Again, why should mbr be held to a different standard than lilo? You say
> it's undocumented, but see /usr/doc/mbr/README:
>
> The boot prompt looks something like this:
>
> 14FA:
>
> This is the list of valid keys which may be pressed. This means that
> partitions 1, and 4 can be booted, also the first floppy drive (F). The
> A means that 'advanced' mode may be entered, in which any partition may
> be booted.
It's not written in French, perhaps that is why he ignored it.
/me gleefully heaps more fuel on the fire
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